Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-12
washington Letter.
Tram our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGrON. Feb. z. 81

WAsHINGToNs Feb z, 81.
The Chaplain of the House Of Rspre.
seutauves Is nothing if snot eccentric il
lis morning prayers. Since DR.. Alii-
burns petIicns Cccas.oned criticism
last session he has been more conssrq-
htEve in has demands at the Throne Of
Grace, but u lew days ago he Rev
gentleman surprised The House by
praying for the wifc Of Secretary WIKI
ney and the babe.
This caused a certain Congressman
whose infant daughter was tie same
eye IS the rev cabinet hubs 70 ac-
cuse tho Chaplain of offensive parti-
sanship.' because he had neglected his
WIG and baby. So next dag the other
lahy was PRAYED for. Never before 10
the halls IF Congress was the birth OF
any American citizen the occasion o.
Olicial action. AS both babies were
g;rIs The new departure was jocularIy
mentioned aa q triUmph for the cause
ti wau.aa, 20 offset the snubbing that
woman suffrage received In the Senate
last week.
Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, is unWlll-
ing to tTeGt the House with any more
defel egce than that body shows the
SeuHte, unlke the a. Eaihcr of his cOun-
try, " h0 was ungil-jug that q negro
should be more polite than himself.
When Senator Harris, Of Tennessee
moved that 90 the conclusion OF morn
ing business, each day, the Senate pro
coed 10 consider House bills, Mr, In
gals inquired whether the House had
resolved 10 devote any particular time
o b. consideration oil Senate bills SO
that there should be a decent inter
C1ange oil cOuitesy in the matter.
Senator Dawes suggested that it was
ont OF order 10 discuss modes OF buai-
ness in the other House. IhereupOn
the Senator from Kansas hoped that
The Senator from Massachusetts would
possess his soul IN patience. The idea
that there was some divinity hedging
about the House Of Representative, so
that nobody could mention it without
getting on his knees, WAS a superstition
that ought to be abandoned.
When tie bill apprOpriating $4,000
for Il special distribution of seed to the
drOught-strIcken counties OF Texas was
called up in the Senate, it was adVO-
Gated by Senator Coke OF that State,
Whiie several Republican Senators rails
ed Constitutional questions. Mr.. Ed
mUnds asked II the people OF those
counties could not buy seed on credit,
Just IS farmers Of other states did. Sen
lsI0r uoar asked the Texas Senator TO
state the constitutional ground on
which he supported the bill, and the
latter raised . laugh by saying ''Not ut
this time" Mr.. Hoar said he had
hoped that if the Senate voted to furn-
ish seed 10 Texas, Texas would furnish
constitutional law 10 the Senate. Sill
he would vote Tor the bill with pleasure.
Here Gen. Hawley appealed to Mr..
Coke not 10 press the bill, out Of regard
10 q hot
pire stale, old and rich. He character
ICED the bill as passing around the
lsat, " and said If his Little state of Con.
necticut came here begging for &c.
90 Tor garden seed and got il, he
W-lu.d resign.
Rlr. Coke repUdiRted the idea Of tbs
h5li being a case OF g. passing the hat -
Texas WAS not asking for charity II
was merely in line with bills in former
Congresses. for eliet OF people in Ohio,
Kansas, Alabama, and other states.
Senator ingalls, admitted that there
were many precCdenis for the apprO-
piiatiOn, ard said if Texas could afford
10 take the money he could afford e.
vote for it After Mr.. Salisbury, Of
Delaware, also admitted that there were
plenty of precedeuts for it, but added
that he never had voted for such bill.
aud $50 help him GCd) he meyer would
Tie seed for Texas carried the Senate
By tao to one.
The social world of Washington Ia.
been very brilliant Tor the past few
weeks. Mrs. Cleveland has abandon
rd her scni-weekly sat home - how
ever, because they were regarded by
IN ny % public receptions They were
instituted fOr the friends and acguaint
ances Of the lady of the White House
but the opportunity was grossly abused
by crowds of people whose respectful
curiosity could be appeased at her fort
nightly receptions 20 the public.
But bfrs. Cleveland evidently intend
20 keep mp with the peoples procession
She say she never feels tired from shGk
ing hands, either at the time or after
waids, no matter how great the humble
OF guest she gleeis. She laughed owe
d recent paragI aph in a New York pa
per " hieh reported her AS completed
exhausted alter one of her three-hou
ordeals of hand shaking. A frienl
who was rather surprised at her power
OF endurance, remarked to Mrs. CleVe
land that she had even equalled III
great hand shaking feat OF her hus
hand, as she had shaken hands VIII
So people by actual count, in an hOu
lately. eyes" she answered, so
course I could not allow him to &c
ahead of me.